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The Everglades handbook : understanding the ecosystem
- Title
- The Everglades handbook : understanding the ecosystem / Thomas E. Lodge.
- Author
- Lodge, Thomas E., 1943-
- Publication
- Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2005], ©2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QH105.F6 L63 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxiv, 302 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-287).
- Contents
- Introduction to the first edition / Marjory Stoneman Douglas -- Recollections - introduction to the second edition / Taylor R. Alexander -- Ch. 1. The Everglades in space and time -- Ch. 2. An ecosystem overview -- Ch. 3. Freshwater marshes : water, weather, and fire -- Ch. 4. Tree islands -- Ch. 5. Tropical hardwood hammocks -- Ch. 6. Pinelands -- Ch. 7. The big cypress swamp -- Ch. 8. Mangrove swamps -- Ch. 9. Coastal lowland vegetation ... and hurricanes! -- Ch. 10. Coastal estuarine and marine waters -- Ch. 11. Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades headwaters -- Ch. 12. Origins of the flora and fauna -- Ch. 13. Invertebrates -- Ch. 14. Freshwater fishes -- Ch. 15. Marine and estuarine fishes -- Ch. 16. Amphibians -- Ch. 17. Reptiles -- Ch. 18. Mammals -- Ch. 19. Birds -- Ch. 20. Synthesis - ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region -- Ch. 21. Man and the Everglades.
- ISBN
- 1566706149 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004045726
- OCLC
- 54691834
- ocm54691834
- SCSB-5093523
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries